Liz Breadon

Elizabeth (Liz) A. Breadon is a Democratic member of the Boston City Council who serves the Allston and Brighton neighborhoods (District 9) of Boston, Massachusetts.[1] She is a Northern Ireland immigrant,[2] physical therapist[3] and the first openly LGBTQ woman elected to Boston City Council.[4]

Liz Breadon
Member of the Boston City Council from District 9
Assumed office
January 2020
Preceded byMark Ciommo
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceBrighton, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma materUlster University, Simmons University
ProfessionPhysical therapist
Websiteliz4ab.com

Early life and education

Growing up in Northern Ireland during The Troubles, Breadon attended Ulster University to study physical therapy.[5] She later worked at the National Health Service.[2] Breadon later attended the defunct Teleosis Homeopathic School in Newton, Massachusetts to study Homeopathy.

Career

Breadon immigrated to Boston in 1995[2] and worked for Boston Medical Center, The Home for Little Wanderers, and Perkins School for the Blind.[2]

She has a Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Simmons University.[2] Prior to her election to the Boston City Council, she ran a homeopathy business[6] from 2011 to 2020, where she claimed to be board certified in Classical Homeopathy, a pseudoscientific system of alternative medicine.[7]

City Council

After coming in second in a seven-way primary to fill the District 9 seat of retiring incumbent Mark Ciommo,[3] Breadon won the 2019 general municipal election with 58.5% of the vote.[1]

Personal life

Breadon lives in the Oak Square area of Brighton with her wife, Mary McCarthy.[2]

References
  1. "4 Newcomers Set To Join A Historically Diverse Boston City Council". www.wbur.org. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  2. "Liz Breadon". Boston.gov. 2020-01-07. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  3. "Your Guide To The Allston-Brighton City Council Race". www.wbur.org. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  4. Phelps, Rob. "First openly LGBTQ woman elected to historically diverse Boston City Council | Boston Spirit Magazine". Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  5. Service, BU News (2019-11-04). "Liz Breadon, the justice-seeking, peace-advocating environmentalist running for Boston City Council". Boston University News Service. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  6. "With No Incumbent, The Race For Allston-Brighton's City Council Seat Is Wide Open". News. 2019-05-09. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  7. Smith K (2012). "Homeopathy is Unscientific and Unethical". Bioethics. 26 (9): 508–12. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8519.2011.01956.x.
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